In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
REIMBURSABLE
Etymology
Adjective
reimbursable (not comparable)
Capable of being reimbursed.
Noun
reimbursable (plural reimbursables)
Something the expense for which can be reimbursed.
Source: Wiktionary
Re`im*burs"a*ble (r`m*brs"*b'l), a. Etym: [CF. F. remboursable.]
Definition: Capable of being repaid; repayable. A loan has been made of two millions of dollars, reimbursable in ten years. A. Hamilton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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